Boxed meats produced in slaughtering plants · Tennessee

Pork Processing

Name: Pork Processing Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kodak, TN · ~469 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Pork Processing runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Boxed meats produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade B.

Pork Processing: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Boxed meats produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pork Processing safety composite

Pork Processing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 55%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
Fatalities: C 0

Safer than 55% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−1.2

2016→2018

Pork Processing injury rate improved

Pork Processing's TCR fell 1.2 from 3.0 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2018=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Kodak, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK P86
PHOTO STX Beef
BOOK 2y book
INJ 21 inj
SIZE ~469 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STX Beef (0.0 TCR gap)

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STX Beef

2.5
Swift Pork Com

2.5
National Beef

2.5
This site

2.4
Preferred Beef

2.3

What this shows Pork Processing averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Boxed meats produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).

Pork Processing TCR series: 2016=3 · 2018=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Pork Processing falls in its industry

212 Boxed meats produced in slaugh establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Pork Processing (469 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Pork Processing has more employees than the Boxed meats produced in slaughtering pla median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries	Illnesses	Fatalities
2018	1.8	1.8	9	0	0
2016	3.0	3.0	12	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · TN · Kodak

212 Boxed meats produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 10 employers in Kodak, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	STX Beef	CORPUS CHRISTI, TX	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Swift Pork Company	OTTUMWA, IA, IA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Preferred Beef Group	BOOKER, TX	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	National Beef Moultrie, GA.	MOULTRIE, GA	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Koch Foods of Chattanooga	CHATTANOOGA	469 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lodge Manufacturing	SOUTH PITTSBURG	469 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FedEx 3050 WINCHESTER ROAD	MEMPHIS	469 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Midway TN Farm	MIDWAY	470 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Swaggerty's Sausage	Kodak	506 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6458-ZKOD	Kodak	234 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lisega Kodak	Kodak	186 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Food City Store #609	Kodak	119 FTE
NAT-TCR	Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. - Phoenixville	Phoenixville, PA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	IMSAMET of Arizona - Goodyear, Az	Goodyear, AZ	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aed Duluth 1552	Duluth, GA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5290	Garland, TX	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kate Spade Corporate NY	New York, NY	469 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tallahatchie County	Tutwiler, MS	469 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Falk	Milwaukee, WI	469 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Michigan Educational Transport	Auburn Hills, MI	469 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.